Uslawessentials Checks and Balances Quiz

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1. Match the following powers with the correct branch of government:

Can veto a law

Can override a veto

Can declare a law unconstitutional

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Appoints federal judges

Confirms federal appointments

Can impeach (charge) and try (put on trial) government officials

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Power of the Purse

Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces

Appointed for life

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Congress can override the veto with a 2/3 majority of both houses.

Congress can override the veto with a majority vote of the Senate.

The Supreme Court can override the veto by majority vote.

The House of Representatives can impeach the veto through a bill of attainder.

The Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court represents the United States in international matters.

The Senate ratifies treaties.

Before a treaty goes into effect 2/3 of the US population must approve it.

The Supreme Court must determine whether the treaty is Constitutional first.

Congress can override the ruling through a 2/3 majority vote in the House of Representatives.

The Senate must advise and confer with the President to determine whether the law should be nullified.

The law is nullified.

The Supreme Court must enforce its ruling through the Department of Justice and Constitutional Police.

Congress can declare the war unconstitutional.

Congress can withhold funding in the federal budget.

Only Congress can declare war.

The judicial branch, not Congress, can declare a government action unconstitutional.

Explanation

The judicial branch, not Congress, can declare a government action unconstitutional.

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